Weeping maya tree

"There's a weeping maya tree up in the colonnade. Retrieve one of its white blossoms and return before the sun sets."

―Asajj Ventress, to Omega^[1]

The weeping maya tree was a tree found on the planet Pabu. The tree had brown boughs, pink blossoms, and rarely, white blossoms, which were considered an omen of good fortune. When the Force-Sensitive Outcast Asajj Ventress arrived on Pabu around 18 BBY to assess the Force-sensitivity of the rogue clone Omega, she tasked Omega with retrieving a white blossom from the weeping maya tree. Omega succeeded in the endeavor and returned to the Pabu cove with the white blossom as instructed.

Description

A rare white blossom of the weeping maya tree

The weeping maya tree was a type of tree found on^[1] the planet^[2] Pabu. One grew in a flowerbed atop the island also called Pabu, in the center of the colonnade and in front of the Archium. The tree had thick, twisting branches with green foliage^[1] and brilliant pink blossoms that coated its brown boughs. White blossoms were rare and thought to be a sign of good luck and fortune.^[3]

History

Around 18 BBY,^[4] after the rogue clone squad Clone Force 99 arrived on Pabu, the clone Wrecker played with the young clone Omega and her friend Lyana Hazard, a local^[5] Pabuan,^[6] underneath the tree one evening.^[5] Later, the Dathomirian Force-Sensitive Outcast Asajj Ventress traveled to Pabu and ran Omega through a series of tests to assess if she was Force-sensitive. One of the tests involved Omega retrieving a white blossom from the weeping maya tree and returning to Pabu cove with it by sundown. Although Omega initially protested, claiming that the task was impossible to complete in so little time, she eventually tried and, with the help of her lurca hound companion Batcher, was successful in locating a white blossom on the tree and returning with it.^[1]

On the day of the Imperial invasion of Pabu, the weeping maya tree was decorated with colorful banners as part of a festival in the surrounding courtyard.^[7] Following a skirmish at the Galactic Empire's Tantiss Base, the facility was destroyed and Omega was rescued from Imperial confinement alongside many other clone prisoners and brought to Pabu. Safe at last, Omega sat underneath the weeping maya tree with her brothers, Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair, finally free of Imperial pursuit.^[8]

Behind the scenes

"I'll reveal on [sic] word from the script with no context: "Weeping""

―Jennifer Corbett^[9]

Concept art of the weeping maya tree by Molly Denmark

The weeping maya tree first appeared in "Pabu,"^[10] the thirteenth episode of Season Two of the animated television series Star Wars: The Bad Batch, released on March 15, 2023,^[11] although it was not identified until "The Harbinger,"^[1] the ninth episode of Season Three, which released on March 27, 2024.^[12] Prior to the latter episode's release, the tree's name was hinted at in a tweet by one of the show's executive producers, Jennifer Corbett.^[9] Concept art of the weeping maya tree was done by Molly Denmark.^[13]

The weeping maya tree was later pictured in an article on EA.com^[14] posted on January 15, 2025^[15] showcasing the upcoming addition of the character Omega (Fugitive) to the EA Capital Games video game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.^[14] The game originally released in 2015,^[16] and an environment including the tree was introduced in a game update on January 14, 2025.^[14]